Current LALA resident Eva H.D. presents “Jackals & Fireflies”, a 20-minute city suite, a poetic cinematic essay, directed by Charlie Kaufman and written and performed by Eva herself. A woman wanders the streets of New York City, takes buses and trains, sits in bars and coffee shops, experiencing the city’s diverse neighborhoods, while thinking about her life, her loneliness, unrequited love. She finds moments of communion with various people she meets along the way and with the city itself.

A Q&A with Eva and Charlie will follow, moderated by film poetry researcher Fil Ieropoulos. Doors open at 20:30, the event starts at 21:00

Charlie Kaufman is a screenwriter, director, and novelist. His films include Being John Malkovich and Synecdoche, New York. His novel Antkind was published in 2020.

Eva H.D. wrote Rotten Perfect Mouth, The Natural Hustle, and Light Wounds. Her poem “Bonedog” was featured in the 2020 Netflix film I’m Thinking of Ending Things.